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They were also meant to show appreciation for your work, jointly, when it seemed you needed it, and therefore to revive both of your spirits. The same applies to your guests, and particularly to the two young boys from the Sunday school, hopefully showing Ruburt that all conventional churchgoers were not closed-minded, but were also seeking out new knowledge.

(I also found a bouquet of carnations laying on the front step Monday afternoon, after a heavy rain had evidently knocked them over. No card was enclosed, however. No big deal, but from last Saturday noon until after supper Monday evening, we had eight callers, all but the first two, Rusty and Hal, being unannounced.)

Try to respond more clearly, each of you, to the moment, for you have a tendency otherwise not to see given events as clearly as you might otherwise. It should be obvious that comparatively speaking Ruburt feels quite well sometimes. He will be chatting, or yelling at his painting, or whatever. He is quite open often, say, to making love, as you know now, but earlier you colored your reaction to him often through the pessimistic cast that both of you had allowed to slip over your perceptions.

He felt quite maligned earlier tonight, when you did not realize that he was not grunting with exertion as he walked to the bathroom several times today. You did not realize that. It was of course apparent to him, but this is an example of the way in which unthinking habits of reaction can inhibit your perception.

The same sort of thing used to apply in a different way, but does no longer, when Ruburt would see you frown, for example, and would then ignore an obvious cheerful mood on your part, still interpreting your behavior in the light of the frown.

You could decide to see such people at lunch hour, and no other time, and put that in your note: “Come back at noon.” You could, therefore, make several different kinds of decisions that would give you a free mind for large portions of the time. You would not be rejecting guests at the door, per se, but telling them to return at such and such an hour, or to leave a note. You could compose several such signs, so that one might read: “We are not seeing any strangers today at all,” but there are many variations that you could settle for.

The reasons behind such behavior are given in the sessions on work. He has been inspired, but to paint, because his impulses are quite correct; the painting of flowers leads him to contemplate beauty for beauty’s sake, frees his mind, and also allows for certain kinds of muscular motions that are now beneficial.

(10:29.) The idea is for him to play with Seven, to let his mind freely play with ideas, and to follow his impulses. He paints as he writes, furiously involved, in bursts. The psychic experiences, intuitional developments, and dream activity—these refresh him and lead precisely to the kind of inspiration he wants. So the library idea that you had is an excellent one, but it should be done playfully.

It will be of great benefit for you to make some kind of decision involving your guests, as I mentioned. If you decide you simply will not see anyone during the day, then have a note read accordingly; but be very clear in your own minds, and act accordingly.